{"author_link":"\/author\/redsounding\/","author_name":"RedSounding","author_uid":"20493","comments":[{"author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:27am","epoch":1367220120,"text":"Yeah, it was pretty minimal."},{"author_name":"Toestee","author_uid":"23165","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:28am","epoch":1367220180,"text":"&quot;this is a, ahem, minimal game.&quot; very much so, yes"},{"author_name":"Nakato","author_uid":"13667","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:31am","epoch":1367220360,"text":"very very minimalist !"},{"author_name":"messiano","author_uid":"22060","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1367295120,"text":"I think it would be more minimalist as an animated gif file."},{"author_name":"BumpkinRich","author_uid":"14256","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1367418000,"text":"Yep. It doesn't come much more minimal that that :)"},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1367446500,"text":"But I thought potatoes grew from booze!"},{"author_name":"RedSounding","author_uid":"20493","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 10:40am","epoch":1368268500,"text":"@sparkleswirl No, booze grows from potatoes! Lol..."}],"images":["ld26\/20493-911c545433722bf2aed03e56327b1709.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lavendergames.com\/games\/potato\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25598","g_author":"20493","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25628","g_title":"GrowPotato","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1352","g_commentcount":"7","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20493-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"GmaeMaker. It's a dumb game that I submitted because I just wanted to say I finished a game. Plus, the theme was minimalism, so this is a, ahem, minimal game.\r\n\r\nPost Analysis:\r\n\r\nOne, don't make a game where 'learning the math' is part of the development process. It won't work.\r\n\r\nTwo, don't drink. Drink makes things like 'Grow a Potato' happen. BAD BAD BAD.\r\n\r\nThree, when you realize you have a problem, begin creating something new if that problem seems more complex than a few minutes. I had issues with my original idea, and I knew I couldn't fix it easily, and yet I slogged on trying and trying. The 'knew I couldn't fix it' part was critical and I should have switched to an even simpler idea.\r\n\r\nFinale! I apologize. I now must make a game for LD27 that is really good to compensate. And I WILL!!!!!<\/p>","title":"GrowPotato"}